Separate from our long-form podcast episode reviews, these bite-sized reviews generally focus on indie games (the weirder the better!).
Author: Seren Briar (@faefatale_) Where to Buy: https://faefatale.itch.io/decay Alrighty, bust out your Funk & Wagnalls and turn to the “Fungus” section. Are you there yet? Good, because you’re going to need a deep understanding of how mushrooms work to play/appreciate decay. Well, that’s not entirely true, but it’ll certainly help! Actually, put the encyclopedia down. […]
Author: Kurt Potts (@kurtpotts) Where to Buy: https://kurtpotts.itch.io/sigils-in-the-dark If Sigils in the Dark (SitD) existed in the ‘80s, it would’ve inspired a whole new level of Satanic Panic. I mean, just imagine the amazing Chick Tracts we would’ve gotten for a game where you play a wizard filling out your grimoire with strange, eldritch symbols […]
Author – Highland Paranormal Society (@natetreme) Where to Buy – https://natetreme.itch.io/sludgemother Sometimes your party is hired to clear out rats in the tavern’s basement. Sometimes you can win the favor of the Mudland Conclave by evicting an eldritch goddess of sludge from a post-apocalyptic high school. If the latter appeals to you (and you’re only […]
Author: Samuel Rondon (@SamuelRondonRPG) Where to Buy: https://samuel-rondon.itch.io/quest-fronts-issue-1 When I first started playing Powered by the Apocalypse games, the idea of Fronts grabbed my imagination and refused to let go. I mean, after I figured out what they were talking about, that is. Instead of plotting everything out and preparing every last detail of an […]
Author – Ahimsa Kerp (@ahimsakerp) Where to Buy – https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/245866/Invasion-of-the-Tuber-Dudes When I downloaded Invasion of the Tuber Dudes by Knight Owl Publishing, I expected a quirky one-shot setting about vegetable people. And, to be fair, I did get that. But it’s so much more. I was shocked by just how much the author was able […]
Author – Luciella Elisabeth Scarlett (@LuciellaES) Where to Buy – https://luciellaes.itch.io/fight-bears-cough-blood-kill-god I can’t help falling in love with a great title, and they don’t come much better than Fight Bears, Cough Blood, Kill God (FBCBKG). Luckily, this game is so much more than a catchy title. In this short two-person RPG, players explore the novice/mentor […]
Author – Max Kämmerer (@maxkaemmerer) Where to Buy – https://maxkaemmerer.itch.io/etched-in-stone Etched in Stone by Max Kämmerer fits entirely on a bookmark. Really, excluding the beautiful image on one side, the game fits entirely on half a bookmark. There are no frills to this game. There is no complexity to speak of. There is no pretense. […]
Author – Kazumi Chin (@kazumiochin) Where to Buy – https://kazumiochin.itch.io/dino-ninja As I’ve gotten older I’ve come to realize 12-year-old me and 35-year-old me have approximately the same taste in entertainment. I can’t honestly say whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, however I can say beyond a doubt it is what allowed me […]
Author: Steve Dee (@TinStarGames1) Design: Matt Roberts Where to Buy: https://tinstargames.itch.io/two-faces Do you know how hard it is to write 500 words about an RPG that’s only 400ish words long on its own? I mean…only a little, honestly. The trick is to stall. To tarry. To dawdle and to use a lot of extra, unnecessary […]
Writing: Ian Yusem Design: Meredith Silver Legal writing: Emily Weiss Layout: Eric K. Hill Where to Buy: Print & PDF -https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dinoplex-cataclysm-pdf PDF Only – https://ian-yusem.itch.io/dinoplex-cataclysm Hear me out. What if you took Jurassic Park…but put it on a space station? That’s what I imagine the pre-design meeting was like for the creators of Dinoplex: Cataclysm. […]
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